Cyhydedd Fer: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the cyhydedd fer, a Welsh couplet form.
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the cyhydedd fer, a Welsh couplet form.
Cyhydedd Fer Poems
The cyhydedd fer is a Welsh couplet (or 2-line stanza) form with 8 syllables per line and an aa end rhyme. It’s as simple as that!
Note: As with many couplet forms, this type of poem can be written with the couplets as individual stanzas or packed together into longer (even-numbered) stanzas.
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Here’s my attempt at a cyhydedd fer:
the moon, by Robert Lee Brewer
Maybe the moon would like to say
a word in its reflective way
about the sun and how its light
makes lovers swoon in the cold night,
but the moon may have its own fears--
why once a month it disappears--
to send the sun a subtle sign
that at night it takes two to shine.
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
